Been working on this for a while now, finally [near] finished, I just have to secure the wireless charging plate a little better.
I noticed that the ash tray in my car was both the same exact size as my 820, and also could be removed without damaging the car. I wasn't going to spend $100 or whatever the ridiculous price was for the car charger, so I took one of my $25 charging plates, hooked it up to a voltage regulator and spliced it in the cigarette lighter wiring. Then I took some scrap metal (from an old PC PSU actually) and started cutting out a mount with my terrible, terrible dremel skills, to securely suspend the phone in the cigarette lighter area. My main goal was to not permanently alter the car itself in any way, so I didn't drill or cut into the plastic at all; the metal plate fits into existing crevices that had held the ash tray in place.
Here's the finished product!
I noticed that the ash tray in my car was both the same exact size as my 820, and also could be removed without damaging the car. I wasn't going to spend $100 or whatever the ridiculous price was for the car charger, so I took one of my $25 charging plates, hooked it up to a voltage regulator and spliced it in the cigarette lighter wiring. Then I took some scrap metal (from an old PC PSU actually) and started cutting out a mount with my terrible, terrible dremel skills, to securely suspend the phone in the cigarette lighter area. My main goal was to not permanently alter the car itself in any way, so I didn't drill or cut into the plastic at all; the metal plate fits into existing crevices that had held the ash tray in place.
Here's the finished product!
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